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Tips on Finding a Fayetteville NC Pediatrician

What to look for in your child’s doctor

Finding a Fayetteville NC pediatrician that fits your style is as important as finding a comfortable outfit that fits your body. Ask friends and relatives for names of their pediatricians, then set up some interviews so you can ask questions ahead of time and insure a good fit. Here are some tips for talking to your doctor:

• What are the office hours?
  
• Are there other partners?
  
• What is the procedure for emergencies at night or on weekends?
  
• Will the doctor come to the phone during office hours?
  
• What is the average waiting time for appointments?
  
• Is there a telephone hour before or after the work day?
  
• What are the standard fees?
  
• How is payment handled?
  
• What HMO of insurance is the doctor affiliated with?
  
• How does the doctor support breastfeeding?
  
• What is the office policy for routine blood testing?
  
• What is the doctor’s opinion of newborn sleeping arrangements?
  
• When does the doctor recommend starting solid foods?
  
• What is the doctor’s view on weaning?
  
• How does the doctor help you understand your child’s development?
  
• What is the policy on immunizations?
  
• How often will you see the doctor for well-baby checkups?
  
• How does the doctor recommend you prepare an older child for an office visit?
  
• Are there separate waiting areas for sick and well children?

Fayetteville NC Pediatricians - General Pediatrician

A Fayetteville NC pediatrician is a doctor who works with babies, children, teenagers, and sometimes young adults. They work to cure sick kids and give them check-ups. Sometimes pediatricians prescribe medicine, too.

Fayetteville NC pediatricians do about seven check-ups in the first year of a baby's life. Pediatricians may stay with a patient until they're twenty-one years of age.

Before or during a check-up, pediatricians examine a patient's medical record. These charts contain the patients medical history, like past fractures, illnesses, and growing patterns. They add to these charts to keep them up to date with the children. A check-up is also a time to give the parent advice about keeping the child healthy.

Fayetteville NC pediatricians use special equipment and gadgets to examine patients. A stethoscope is used to listen to the patients heart and lungs. This tool can help point out irregular breathing and heart sounds which can lead to health problems.

An otoscope is used to look into the patients ears. This device has a light attached so the pediatrician can see the eardrum.

Fayetteville NC pediatricians use a flat wood stick called a tongue depressor to observe a patient's mouth and throat. This keeps the tongue down so the tonsils are visible.

A blood pressure cuff is put around a patients arm and used to check blood pressure. There is an air pump attached to the cuff that inflates it, squeezing the patients arm. This stops the blood from flowing through the artery. Then the pediatrician lets air escape and listens to the immediate blood flow.

Fayetteville NC pediatricians visit their patients at a clinic, medical office, or hospital. They have regular hours, but sometimes need to work outside those hours for emergencies.

In order to be a pediatrician, you need to know how to recognize if a child is physically or mentally ill. They also need to understand good nutrition habits for kids. They should know what food kids should eat and how many servings of food each day.

Fayetteville NC pediatricians specialize in child health care but may need help with their job. They may refer a child to a pediatric subspecialist. They may ask for help from a pediatric cardiologist who can treat children with heart disorders. Or they may ask for help from a neonatologist, who knows about diseases of babies, or a neurologist, who knows about problems in a child's nervous system.

Pediatricians are also concerned with proper hygiene. Bathing and washing hands are important because if you don't, you can catch germs and become sick.

A pediatrician might write out a prescription to a patient and have a pharmacist give the patient the medicine to cure them.

If an illness is bad enough, a pediatrician might hospitalize a patient. The pediatrician can contact doctors and surgeons and give them information on the patient.

To become a pediatrician it takes years of studying.  They need to understand science, like biology, anatomy, physiology, and psychology.

To become a pediatrician, you need to also study chemistry, sociology, and physics. They also take math classes to learn how to solve equations.  They must earn a Bachelor’s degree. After college, students need to attend medical school, but they must take the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) before they do so. They have to have good grades to be accepted into medical school. It usually takes four years to complete medical school.

After you’ve gotten a Medical Degree, you must finish residency programs to practice medicine. Residencies are training programs. Residencies usually take three years to complete to become a pediatrician in the U.S.

Pediatricians need a license to practice medicine. They need to get their license in the state or province they want to work in. They must pass both the residency program and licensing exam. Some pediatricians continue to learn about medicine by joining organizations.

Career: Fayetteville NC Pediatricians

Supervising the health of children requires specific medical training. They're at risk for a variety of diseases, from chicken pox to rubella. And no matter what ails children, they need to be treated in a way that is appropriate to their age and weight. Even the nutritional needs of children are different from those of adults.

As a Fayetteville NC pediatrician, you may advise parents on taking care of their first baby, diagnose childhood cancer, and recognize the symptoms of an eating disorder. If you become a pediatrician, your impact on the health of children will stretch all the way into their adult lives.

Fayetteville NC Pediatricians are doctors who care for children from birth to early adulthood. They specialize in diseases and ailments specific to young and growing bodies.

“The best part of the job is the tremendous sense of accomplishment I get when a surgical procedure that allows a child to see or preserves his or her vision goes well.”

Lou, Pediatric Neuro-ophthalmologist

Are You Ready To...?

• Talk to teens about birth control
• Help overweight children start diets to prevent future health problems
• Order tests to confirm your diagnoses
• Give babies their immunization shots
• Treat children for strep throat and other common ailments
• Advise parents on surgical options and refer them to a surgeon
• Spend years studying and training, and a lifetime keeping up with advances in medicine
• Respond to emergencies late at night
• Work closely with other doctors

It Helps to Be...

Diplomatic and sensitive, and an excellent communicator. You’ll need to listen carefully as your patients or their parents describe their symptoms. Recognizing the common threads among childhood diseases and encouraging parents to promote healthy lifestyles is an important part of the job.

Did You Know?

• Some Fayetteville NC pediatricians specialize in areas such as the heart problems of children.

Outlook

Government economists expect jobs for doctors, including pediatricians, to grow much faster than the average for all careers through 2018. They also predict the retirement of many experienced doctors. Open positions should outnumber applicants, especially in rural and low-income areas.

A growing population means that more people will need medical services. Changes in health care coverage and advances in technology, however, could limit demand.

Compensation

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that general pediatricians earned an average of $153,370 in 2008. 

Self-employed physicians -- those who own or partly own their medical practices -- usually have higher incomes than those who are salaried by larger institutions like hospitals. However, self-employed doctors must pay for their own insurance and retirement.

FEATURED FAYETTEVILLE NC PEDIATRICIANS
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